Ernsberger v. Zoning Board of Adjustment

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Barbara B. Ernsberger, Galvin Devore, Rosemary Devore and Mary Ann Schmertz (Appellants) appeal from an order of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas which affirmed a decision of the Pittsburgh Zoning Board of Adjustment (Board). We affirm.

Appellants are a group of residents of the Shadyside section of Pittsburgh who live near a building owned by Vikram Pearce (Owner). Owner bought the building on May 24, 1982 from Janet Klein Robbins for $100,000. At settlement, an agent of Robbins produced an occupancy permit dated April 9, 1981, which purported to permit…